Grants for Culture

The City of Oulu's Educational and Cultural Services support arts and culture operators, as well as art professionals and their work groups, with grants.

Contents of this page:

Annual Grants

Grants for Culture

Oulu Valistustalo Fund Grants

Small grants for Event Organizers

Current news about grants for culture

Oulu is Looking for Partners for the Cultural Partnership Agreements for the 2025–2027 Season 

The open search for the three-year agreement period opens on May 10, 2024. Read more about Cultural Partners here.

2024 Cultural Grant Applications via the eAsionti Service 

All cultural grant application forms can be found on the eAsionti service.

You must log in to the service with bank authorization, mobile certificate or card certificate. You must register to the service when you use it for the first time. 

When using the service on behalf of a business, association or other person, you must also have a granted Suomi.fi mandate. You must be mandated to send grant applications (“Avustushakemuksen tekeminen”). General authority to sign documents is also sufficient. 

Request Suomi.fi mandates here. The link will open in a new window. 

The eAsionti service monitors time-outs of authorizations and mandates. Thus, the form should be filled in from start to finish seamlessly. The cloud service can process some information slowly while you are filling in the application, but it will continue eventually. If the application freezes completely, you should try with another web browser. It is possible to save the application as a draft and continue filling it in later.  

More information about the online application of cultural grants from Tuula Junttari, tel. 050 575 8613, tuula.junttari@ouka.fi.


The cultural grants in 2024 have been awarded

The Education and Cultural Services of The City of Oulu supports art and culture operators and art professionals and their work groups with grants. In 2024, a total of 451 201 € was awarded to 158 applicants. The decision on grant recipients was made by the Director of Culture.

The amount of granted funds increased by 38 992 € compared to 2023. The number of applications remained at the same level. Overall, 277 applications were received by the deadline, totaling 1 423 674 €.

In 2024, the Young Artist Award will also be awarded. For small grants for cultural events, 16 144 € remained to be distributed.

The categories of grants for cultural grants are aid for workspace, aid for association activity, project aid and event aid.